Hello! I’m Dana Harper, an award winning, international photographer. Being behind the camera is my true passion in life and I’m lucky enough to be doing what I love for a living. Over the years I've had many amazing and life changing experiences. From photographing so many wonderful couples weddings to fashion shoots on tropical islands to documenting poverty in the developing world, I always have my camera at my side.

I was born on Groundhog Day, 1984 in Scarborough, Ontario. I am now a homeowner with my boyfriend Jody and our 4 cats in London, Ontario, SOHO area. Aside from photography my other passions in life are cats, traveling, music, movies and organic gardening. I listen to all kinds of music, but my favourite bands are The Decemberists, Arcade Fire, Flogging Molly & The Black Keys. My favourite movies are Watchmen, Avatar, District 9 and all Judd Apatow’s comedies. My favourite TV shows are Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Dexter & Fringe.

My business mainly focuses on wedding and portrait photography, although I love to photograph just about anything. I have a true gift in bringing out my subjects unique personalities and making them feel comfortable. My approach is always fun, easygoing, creative and tailored to the individual needs of my clients.

Photo Diary 2011, Volume 2

Welcome to Volume 2 of my 2011 photo diary. This is Volume 1 if you missed it. These are my 20 favourite photos from April to June 2011 that I feel represent my best work and experiences. I wasn’t on an overseas adventure like last year, so in our boredom Jody and I came up with the idea to start a website with a bunch of our friends called Geek Girls. The idea grew quick, the website got lots of traffic and all the sudden we were at the local Sci-Fi convention with our own banner and everything… and we have much bigger plans for 2012 which I am very excited about… ;)

April 9th, 2011 This was our first official Geek Girls shoot and therefore an epic day that will go down in history! We shot this Lady Robin cosplay with the lovely Danielle Kennedy. We’re also lucky we found this location when we did because the building is torn down now!

April 9th, 2011 I had to pick this close up also from the day with Danielle. I love this shoot, here’s the full post.

April 14th, 2011 Hiba was the beautiful spring contest winner and this shoot was such a pleasure. We made some magic, here’s the full blog.

April 18th, 2011 This was my first anime shoot featuring Kristi as Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail. We shot at UWO, here’s the full post.

April 19th, 2011 This was my first shoot with Lauren and we were totally battling a really windy, wet, stormy day, but it turned out perfect for the spooky Red Riding Hood look we were going for. Here’s the full post.

April 21st, 2011 I love, love, love silhouette shots in case you haven’t noticed yet, it’s one of my ‘things’. This shot is from Steph & Rob’s engagement shoot and here is the full post. They are awesome to photograph, their wedding will be featured in the next volume of my diary twice!

April 23rd, 2011 The guys at Heroes Comics were awesome to let us do a shoot with Danielle this morning. This particular shot is natural light captured through one of my favourite little lenses, the Nikon 50mm 1.8. Check out the full post.

April 24th, 2011 Here’s Geek Girl Amanda from London Cosplayers as Supergirl! We got a lot of attention from people on the street at this shoot, it was hilarious! Here’s the full post.

April 29th, 2011 Jody and I took another trip to Toronto and we decided to squeeze in a photoshoot while we were there. We found Gillian (who is an awesome & dedicated cosplayer) through mutual friends and she told us she’d love to do a Zatanna shoot! I feel bad I still haven’t got around to editing the full set yet, since this is the time of year I get super busy. But I promise the full shoot will be up on Geek Girls very soon!

May 1st, 2011 This was my favourite shot from my engagement shoot with Robyn & Greg. I love using colourful graffiti, so props to the artist who painted these walls! Here’s the full post.

May 2nd, 2011 So today I shot this awesome Sorceress shoot with Lindsey, who does burlesque performances in this persona. This shoot hasn’t been edited yet either but will also be on Geek Girls very soon, if you want to make sure you don’t miss it ‘Like’ our facebook page!

May 7th, 2011 was the first Saturday in May so of course it was Free Comic Book Day! I got soooo much free stuff it was awesome and I caught this photo while in line to get into Heroes. Hope to see you all out at all the local comic shops again next year!

May 14th, 2011 The Geek Girls were featured at the Star Wars Celebration Sci-Fi Fantasy 5 and we can’t wait until May 12-13th 2012 for next year’s event! I got this killer shot of Stormtroppers from the 501st Canadian Garrison patrolling the convention.

May 15th, 2011 On the second day of Sci-Fi 5 I got this epic shot of Darth Vader. Here’s the full post from the event. It was a super fun weekend and we met lots of cool people!

May 28th, 2011 Jill & Joel’s wedding at the Oakwood Inn Resort in Grand Bend was beautiful and the weather was just perfect. We got so many great shots, here’s the full blog. PS I love my job!

May 29th, 2011 was Andrea & Peter’s second wedding! This shot was taken before their reception at the St. Thomas Railway Station which was being renovated at the time. We got so many cool shots there, here’s the full blog.

June 18th, 2011 Corina & Dan truly had a fairy tale wedding! This was taken after their outdoor ceremony at the Civic Gardens, here’s the full blog.

June 25th, 2011 Charlotte & Chad’s wedding was on of my favorites from the whole year! She looked just stunning as you can see, in this high contrast black & white shot.

June 25th, 2011 Congrats Charlotte & Chad, I couldn’t help it, you made it into the photo diary twice! Here’s the full blog.

And that concludes the second volume of my year end photo diary. Tomorrow will be July to September 2011 and it will be another good one filled with lots more cosplay and weddings! Thanks for viewing <3
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